[program]
name = SVM
version = 0.2.4
license = GPLv3

[author]
name = Ahmed Youssef
email = guru.python@gmail.com

from ConfigParser import *

cp=SafeConfigParser() #create an object of SafeConfigParser

cp.read("tst.cfg") #read by filename.

.add_section(section)

.set(section, key, value)

.sections()

.has_section(section)

.get(section, key)

.options(section)

.has_option(section, option)

.items(section)

[('name', 'Ahmed Youssef'), ('email', 'guru.python@gmail.com')]

.write(fp)

    SECTCRE = re.compile(

        r'\['                                 # [

        r'(?P<header>[^]]+)'                  # very permissive!

        r'\]'                                 # ]

        )

    OPTCRE = re.compile(

        r'(?P<option>[^:=\s][^:=]*)'          # very permissive!

        r'\s*(?P<vi>[:=])\s*'                 # any number of space/tab,

                                              # followed by separator

                                              # (either : or =), followed

                                              # by any # space/tab

        r'(?P<value>.*)$'                     # everything up to eol

        )

from ConfigParser import *
import sys

cp=SafeConfigParser() #create an object of SafeConfigParser

cp.read("tst.cfg") #read by filename.

print cp
print "Sections: ", cp.sections()
print "Options under [program]: ", cp.options("program")
print cp.items("author")
cp.add_section("links")
cp.set("links", "pf", "http://www.programming-fr34ks.net")
cp.set("links", "python", "http://www.python.org")
cp.set("author", "website", "http://ahmedyoussef.wordpress.com")

#print it out...
for sec in cp.sections():
    print "--%s:"%sec
    for key, value in cp.items(sec):
        print "\t", key, " = ", value

print "--------"

cp.write(sys.stdout)

<ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser instance at 0xb7dc0f8c>
Sections:  ['program', 'author']
Options under [program]:  ['version', 'name', 'license']
[('name', 'Ahmed Youssef'), ('email', 'guru.python@gmail.com')]
--program:
	version  =  0.2.4
	name  =  SVM
	license  =  GPLv3
--links:
	python  =  http://www.python.org
	pf  =  http://www.programming-fr34ks.net
--author:
	website  =  http://ahmedyoussef.wordpress.com
	name  =  Ahmed Youssef
	email  =  guru.python@gmail.com
--------
[program]
version = 0.2.4
name = SVM
license = GPLv3

[links]
python = http://www.python.org
pf = http://www.programming-fr34ks.net

[author]
website = http://ahmedyoussef.wordpress.com
name = Ahmed Youssef
email = guru.python@gmail.com

ahmed, 19, m 
ayman, 20, m

name, age, sex
ahmed, 19, m 
ayman, 20, m

ahmed, m, 19
wael, m, 20
radwa, f, 19
gina, f, 21
ayman, m, 20

import csv

reader=csv.reader(open("somefile.csv", "rb")) #default dialect. #b as a catch for win32

for row in reader:
    print row, " at: ", reader.line_num

import csv

f=open("somefile.csv", "rb")
try:
    reader=csv.reader(f) #default dialect. #b as a catch for win32.

    for row in reader:
        print row, " at: ", reader.line_num


except Exception, ex:
    print ex.message
finally:
    f.close()

    reader=csv.DictReader(f, fieldnames=("name", "age", "sex")) #default dialect. #b as a catch for win32.

    for row in reader:
        print row, " at: ", reader.line_num
        print row["name"] #the name column

import csv 

f=open("somefile1.csv", "w") 
try: 

    writer=csv.writer(f) 
    inputrows=( 
           (1, "ahmed", "ahmedf1@gmail.com"), 
           (2, "ayman", "aymanf2@gmail.com"), 
           (3, "smsm", "smsm@yahoo.com") 
           ) 

    headers=("id", "user", "email") 
    writer.writerow(headers) 

    for row in inputrows: 
        writer.writerow(row) 

except Exception, ex: 
    print ex.message 

finally: 
    f.close()